# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in India

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in India was 16.02% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `in`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/india
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=in

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 16.02 |
| 2024 | 15.75 |
| 2023 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 17.73 |
| 2021 | 20.82 |
| 2020 | 24.67 |
| 2019 | 22.95 |
| 2018 | 26 |
| 2017 | 25.59 |
| 2016 | 25.23 |
| 2015 | 24.96 |
| 2014 | 24.71 |
| 2013 | 24.47 |
| 2012 | 24.14 |
| 2011 | 23.64 |
| 2010 | 23.3 |
| 2009 | 22.86 |
| 2008 | 22.42 |
| 2007 | 21.86 |
| 2006 | 21.47 |
| 2005 | 21.12 |
| 2004 | 20.99 |
| 2003 | 20.86 |
| 2002 | 20.76 |
| 2001 | 20.42 |
| 2000 | 20.2 |
| 1999 | 20.19 |
| 1998 | 20.22 |
| 1997 | 20.19 |
| 1996 | 20.12 |
| 1995 | 20.2 |
| 1994 | 20.27 |
| 1993 | 20.35 |
| 1992 | 20.26 |
| 1991 | 20.18 |